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UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

CORNELIUS JOHN SULLIVAN, OF BAR HARBOR, MAINE,

VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 486,949, datedSeptember 23, 1890. Application filed August 16, 1889. Renewed August14, 1890. Serial No. 362,016. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CORNELIUS Jorn: SUL- LIVAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Bar Harbor, in the county of Hancock and State ofMaine, have invented a new and useful Vehicle, of which the following isa specification.

' This invention has relation to that class of passenger-vehicles knownas buckboards, and among the objects in View are to provide a vehicle ofthe above class capable of accommodating two passenger-seats, each ofwhich is reversible; to permit of the vertical resiliency of the body ofthe vehicle upon the axles without binding the usual inclined brace-rodsconnecting the axle and body; to improve the brake mechanism; to providea drivers seat and platform and means for connecting the same with thebuckboard, and this in sucha manner as to permit of short turning of thevehicle, and to improve the fifth-wheel.

With these general objects in view the in vention consists in certainnovel features of construction hereinafter specified, and particularlypointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of the vehicleconstructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a lon- Fig. 3 isa bottom view.

the drivers seat. Fig. 5 is a section of the bnckboard and one of theseat-standards. Fig. 6 are details of the inner faces of thetwo.sections forming the fifth wheel.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of thedrawings.

1 represents the usual platform or board, and near each of its sides areprovided castmetal sockets 2 and 3, said sockets being arranged in pairsand the pair atone side ing such that when one pair of feet are insertedin the 'socketsjof the castings 3, the opposite pair may be swung by theIL. end of the opposite L-shaped casting 2, and any further movement orjolting ofthe buckboard serves to distribute a portion of the surface ofeach of the feet in their respective sockets. By this it will be seenthat while it is impossible for any accidental displacement of theseats, yet they may be readily Withdrawn from their sockets andreversed, so that they face in either direction desired. It will also benoticed that the front edge of the front seat is substantially flushwith the front edges of its two standards, while the front edge of therear seat slightly overlaps the corresponding edges of its standards,the latter being of the usual construction. By the construction firstmentioned the front seat, when turned toward or facing the rear seat,will be pants of the rear seat.

' 10 represent small stationary cleats or stops, that are secured to'thebuck-board and at the inner side of each of the seat-standards, saidstops aiding in the rigidity of said standard-within the sockets andpreventing any lateral play or Wabbling.

Suitable hangers 11 depend from the under surface of the board 1 at itsopposite sides and support a longitudinally-arranged step 12.

13 represents the rear axle, which is secured to the board by means ofthe usual springarms 14., the inner ends of which are bolted to atransverse bolster 15, secured to the under surface of the board.

1 6 represents the usual lateral inclinedbrace arms or rods whichconnect the sides of the platform with the rear axle nearits bearings.For the purpose of preventing the usual twisting, binding, andconsequent loosening of this rod, I form the same of opposite sections17, pivoting the sections together at their inner ends, as atlS, andbolting the upper end of one section to the side of the board, as at 19,and connecting the lower section to an eye 20, projecting from the axle13. These braces serve all the purposes and functions of the usual rigidbrace, and yet permit of the resilient movement of the buckboard-withoutthe heretofore consequent binding of the rods or braces at theirbearings and early loosening of the same.

2O represents the drivers platform or footrest, upon the under surfaceof which and at its rear end is secured the usual supportingbolster 21.Opposite U-shaped braces connect the bolster 23 at the front end of thebuckboard with the bolster 21 of the platform 20 at each side thereofand also at the center. The braces at the sides have their ends bentinwardly, as at 24, and bolted, as at 25, and the central brace has itsends bent and connected to the upper surface of the opposite bolsters,and is also braced by oppositely-disposed flange-plates 26. From thebolster 21 there projects forwardly a series of three supporting-arms27, the outer ends of which are bolted to the usual head-block 28. Aking-bolt 29 passes through the central one of the spring-arms andthrough the fifthwheel 30 and front axle 31.

32 represents an L-shaped traveler, the front end of which receives theking-bolt, and the rear end of which terminates in an eye which travelson a traveling bar 33, mounted in brackets 34, projecting rearwardlyfrom the rear under surface of the bolster 21.

The fifth-wheel comprises two opposite circular sections 35 and 36, eachprovided with a central transverse cross-bar 37, the lower section 36having a central lug 38, perforated, as at 39,for the reception of theking-bolt and registering with a similar perforation 40, formed in thetransverse bar of the upper section 35. The transverse bar of thislatter section is offset from the lower face of the annular section, andthe central lug' bears upon the offset bar, thus forming a point ofpivotal contact between the two sections. The lower section 36 is alsoprovided with a pair of stop-lugs 41 upon its inner periphery, whichcome in contact with a single stop-lug 42, formed upon the innerperiphery of the upper section 35. By this construction the front axlemay swing to either side until in line with the vehicle and will bestopped by the contact of the lugs within the fifth-wheel. A Y-shapedclip 44 has its three terminals bolted, as at 46, to the lower section36 of the fifth-wheel, and has a central opening 45, through whichpasses the king-bolt, said Y- clip embracing the lower edge of the axleand serving to brace the fifth-wheel and secure the same in rigidconnection with the axle.

A brace-rod 47 connects the series of U- shaped braces connecting thedrivers platform with the buckboard, said rod being also provided withnuts 48, threaded thereon and bearing at each side of the central braceupon the inner side of the two outer braces.

49 represents a drivers seat. The same is supported upon the centralbrace by means of a pair of oppositely-arranged Y-shaped standards 50,each of which is formed of a pair'of spring-strips bolted together attheir shanks and to the support and beyond the shaped link 61.

points at which they are connected. The strips diverge and are bolted tothe under surface of the drivers seat.

53 represents opposite brake-arms carrying shoes 54, and pivoted by abolt 55 upon a pair of oppositely-arranged blocks 56, secured to theouter ends of the rear bolster. Metal straps 57 embrace the blocks andserve to form openings for the passage and movement of the levers.Intermediate the two blocks mentioned there are secured to the bolster apair of blocks 59, embraced by metal straps 60, which form slots betweenthemselves and the blocks, through which pass the inner ends of thebrake-arms, to which brakearms are connected the terminals of a V- Inthe angle of the link 61 is loosely connected a connecting rod or bar62, mounted for reciprocation upon guideblocks 63, embraced by metalstraps 64, off-.

set, as at 65, to form guide-eyes 41. A coiled spring 65 is mounted onthe rod intermediate the guide-blocks, and has one terminal secured tothe block and its opposite terminal bearing against the inner face ofthe forward block, thus serving to force the rod to the rear and thebrake-arms to such a position that the brakes will be normally off. Acurved lever 68 is mounted pivotally upon the bracerod that connects theU-shaped braces, the

rear end of said lever being pivotally connected to the forward end ofthe connecting brake-rod, as at 69, and at its forward end to afoot-lever '70, as at 71, said foot-lever being pivoted, as at '72, tothe floor of the drivers platform, and so mounted thereon as to becapable of being locked under anotched locking-standard 73, extendingupwardly from the drivers platform.

Having described my invention, What I claim is 1. In a vehicle of theclass described, the combination, with a seat, of a pair ofoppositely-arranged Y-shaped spring-standards for supporting the same,each of the standards consisting of opposite strips bolted t0- gether attheir lower ends to form a shank and diverging toward their extremitiesand secured to the seat, substantially as specified.

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2. The combination, with one of the U- braces for connecting thebuckboard and drivers platform,of a pair of Y-shaped spring metalstandards arranged in line with each other and at the center of theseat, each standard consisting of a pair of strips bolted together neartheir lower ends to form a shank and diverging after they leave theirpoints of connection and having its lower end secured to the brace, anda drivers seat mounted on the arms, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with the board, of opposite pairs of recessedundercut sockets, the recesses tending inwardly, and seat-standardsterminating in opposite outwardly-projecting feet and adapted to beinserted in the sockets, substantially as specified.

4. The combination, with the board 1, of

transversely-opposite pairs of L-shaped undercut sockets andtransversely opposite pairs of undercut recessed sockets and of oppositeseatstandards terminating in opposite feet adapted to fit the socketsand at a distance apart agreeing with thatbetween the adjacent edges ofeach pair of longitudinallyopposite sockets, substantially as specified.

5. The combination,with the buckboard and its rear axle, of oppositebraces connecting the same and formed in sections, the ends of which areloosely connected with each other, substantially as specified.

(3. The combination, with the front platform and its supporting-bolster,of a fifth-wheel mounted under the bolster, an axle connected with thefifth-Wheel by means of a king-bolt, and an L-shaped traveler connectedto the lower end of the king-bolt and having its opposite end mountedfor travel on a traveling rod connected to the rear end of the platform,substantially as specified.

7. The combination, with the herein described vehicle, having the frontbolster provided with the upper annular section, of a v fifth-wheelhaving an offset transverse bar centrally perforated and aninwardly-disposed stop, a front axle carrying an opposite annularsection of the fifth-wheel and having a central bearing-lug projectingabove the plane of the section and bearing on the transverse bar of theopposite section and having an aligning perforation, stops alsoprojecting from the lower annular section'and adapted to come againstthe stop of the opposite section, and a king-bolt passing through theperforations, substantially as specified.

8. In combination with the fifth-wheel, the traveler 32, connected tothe lower end of the king-bolt of the fifth-Wheel below the latter, andthe traveling rod 33, connected to the wagon and having the travelermounted thereon, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

CORNELIUS JOHN SULLIVAN. Witnesses:

JOHN A. PETERS, J12, J. E. BUNKER, Jr.

